Archive for May, 2008
iPhone’s Raging Thunder: the Developer Interview
Filed under: Gaming, iPod Family, Interviews, iPhone
TUAW was lucky enough to spend a little time recently chatting with Anders Nilsson of Polarbit.com. Polarbit is an independent game developer based in Europe. They recently ported their mobile Raging Thunder racing game to the iPhone and released it as a free beta to the jailbreak community. (It’s [...]
Solar iPhone? Probably not
Filed under: iPhone
TUAW reader Maaz sent in this link to a Forbes story about a possible solar-powered iPhone. We recently posted about Apple’s new Solar Energy patent so it’s not a big jump to start seeing articles speculating on how that new technology will be used and expressed in Apple’s product line.
I have nothing against [...]
iFund taken out for a Whrrl
Filed under: iPhone
At the iPhone SDK event back in March one of the most curious announcements was the existence of the $100 million iFund. Famed silicon valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers established it to “fund innovators developing applications, services, and components for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch platform.” Now BusinessWeek is [...]
Orange to trade up iPhones?
Filed under: Rumors, Deals, iPhone
According to Boy Genius Report, French iPhone carrier Orange may be offering current iPhone users a 3G iPhone for €30 €50 (thanks to kol and jaxx for pointing out my typo!) if they trade in their old iPhone, as well as “generous subsidies” for users who wish to upgrade and keep [...]
Multitouch, multiscreen iPod touch Pong
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, Software, iPhone
Oh my. Still need convincing that the iPhone/iPod touch is the greatest gaming platform ever made? Then check this video of a couple Japanese researchers playing a game they claim to have put together “in about an hour”: multiscreen, touch-based Pong.
On first glance, it looks like the game [...]
10.5.3 and Beta 6 SDK, Oh my!
Filed under: iPod Family, OS, WWDC, One More Thing, iPhone
Something interesting is hiding in 10.5.3. I don’t know what it is. I don’t know what it does. But if it’s necessary to upgrade if you want to use the new SDK release, that means that there’s a something that ties 10.5.3 to new iPhone features. [...]
IntelliScreen 0.92 - added new features, display option tweaks
If you’ve been having a blast using IntelliScreen for Apple’s iPhone, then you shouldn’t pass up the chance to update this neat homebrew application with the latest version from developer Intelliborn. IntelliScreen 0.92 adds several new features which buff up the iPhone’s interface even further with added display settings and tweaks.
Here’s a list of the [...]
Touchpad Pro v4.30 - improved resolution support
It’s no small surprise that developer BigBoss once again announced a new update to the Apple iPhone homebrew app, Touchpad Pro. The latest build, version 4.30, extends this useful app’s mileage by improving its resolution support several fold.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with Touchpad Pro, it’s basically an application which allows you to [...]
